Ren'Py - Power Vacuum [Ch. 12 Official] [What? Why? Games]

The dialogue is witty and well written. The renders and character models are good as well. The premise is so absurd and so are the resulting scenarios but the commitment to the world created and its rules is one hundred percent, which coupled with the rapid fire witticisms gives playing the game a feeling akin to alice stepping into wonderland albeit a slightly perverse one. 5/5 stars.

So far is the best game I've ever played.
The game has a good story, a wonderful art, fantastic milf and excellent animations.
The NTR is right on point, you have the choice to decide if you wanna see it or not, which i found it a great solution for the NTR haters.

Just waiting for and fucking with Ophelia, now a clicker will be waiting for us
.in the beginning, interestingly thin now madly thinning. everyone is waiting for him to fuck Ophelia! Perhaps it will be waiting for it to be worth it, Otherwise, like the game the average of Ophelia and Brena ok, I would like to spice up some super characters and the entanglement rather do the sequel II

I used to have a massive aversion to NTR and dodged a lot of games because of the NTR tag before playing this, but this game has given me a bit of a love for NTR games (when the mood takes me anyway.)

I give this the full 5 stars because in my opinion it's one of the best games I've found on this site, the writing is fantastic, funny and doesn't take itself seriously and I really enjoy the story. The characters are amazing, I don't think there's a bad one in the bunch (MC was kinda boring in the beginning but got better with time.)

Definitely in my top 5 games on this site (probably 1st or 2nd if I'm truly honest.)

çI dont even care if the game is good at this point cause i have been palying for 2 hours and 4 minutes and the good thing about the game taht is the writing and the jokes became far far from annoying like 1 hour ago.
Everybody talks the asme kind of joke, semi intelectual thingy humour, it gets tiring, its like living wiht a "funny" virgin, and i have been there i dont want to live with myself again, so please stop this.

I would care if there was some balance, for instance 140 minutes of annoying dialogues and 10 minutes of decent sexual scenes, but its not the case. The actual case is 170 minutes of annoying dialogues and repeated scenes, for instance the soap opera event (which is 12 days repeating it, to acomplish a kiss in the mouth) and 30 seconds of something that may resemble a sex scene.
By the way, Cathy, at least in the begining is about feet, unavoidable.
Girls tits are horrendous, and they are 2 girls with those "perks"
nemesis is horrendous, ugly and seeing it kils any mood that exist for the next 2 minutes of sex scenes, and seing that in 3 hours you only get 30 seconds, you can imagine how outrageously bad this is.

Will the game inmprove after 3 hours? i dont know and i dont care, this is not worthy of anybodys time. Bt if you like it, good for you, i just cant take it anymore. A Skipfest, that is funny for 20 minutes, where you basically see and do nothing but grinding.

I AM NOT JOKING. lAST EVENT WAS 125 CLICS, AND GOT 2 RENDERS OF A KISS. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE CLICS for a kiss. 125 lines of dialogue FOR A KISS.

Edit:
I replayed all the way through CH9 rgiht when the scene with Amber and Cath and I finally Alt+F4ed cause the scenes are just not worth, most of them are horrendous. Sex scenes are bad, characters look attrocious, and the only value the game has is unrelated to porn which are some dialogues. But those same dialogues are some sort of cream for a cake that sucks, but an uverused cream, maybe like peanut butter or something, or ketchup.
Very amateurish, to the point that in CH9 all of the sudden there is a lot of Wet effect being used, everyone is sweaty all of the sudden.

If you want a couple of laughs, play it, dont play it for the porn cause main characters are plot protected by blueball marketing techniques, and the scenes just suck.

Version: Ch. 8

This is a slow burner game, it takes a lot of time to take of and that's ok, but I have a mixed feelings about this.

The beginning of the game, and I'm talking about the first 8-10 hours or even more the game isn't that impressive but as you progress it getting slightly better and better. The story and characters become more interesting but in my opinion it happens way too late (and it has nothing to do with the game being a slow burner).

The animations at the beginning is ok and I would say above average and as you get deeper into the game they gets better and livelier.

Progressing the story doesn't feel like a grind because every step in the questline accompanied with new dialogue and small progression - in contrast with just grinding stats with the same scenes over and over. But on the other hand, you don't have really any choice in the game except choosing the order of the progression in the quest lines of the girls. Moreover, let say you have a girl you don't like, you don't have a choice to not progress her story, you must do all stories of all girls.

The writing felt to me monotonous in the emotion you get throughout the game and also in the speech of the girls, meaning that the characters didn't feel like they have personality, tonality and patterns of their own but like the same girl talking but in different bodies.
Though I can say that the characters grew personality as the game progressed but way way too far for the average player to push through. I think the intervention party scene was the first time I saw a glimpse of potential the game could have if it divided the story to high and low points and had not a linear monotonous arc but more of a bumpy one.

To add to all of the above, I found many inconsistencies in the story and it breaks the immersion hard. Like when you make some character mad at you in one story line but in the other story line it has 0 effect like nothing happened. Then finally when you get back to the other story line, suddenly the character is mad at you when I already forgot what happened and was surprised.
Also, sometimes there were no followup to some of the scenes which made it look like they were important. Like when the mother is mad and telling you to come talk to her, but nothing happens and you find her fine and well later on which by the dialogue farther you understand that this "talk" with her happened not with you, the player, present in the situation - which is a really weird choice in this type of game.

Maybe you will let few chuckles throughout the game but for me, the game wasn't that funny even in its "absurd" situations.

Overall I think the game had potential because you can see it farther in the game (chapters 6+ maybe) with the story getting better, the visuals with regards the animations are getting better but to get their, you have to push through hours of not so fun gameplay and dialogue.

First three stars, now down to two.

First rating: 3 Stars because it is funny, lots of sex and many attractive women. Bad points about the game are the fact that NTR is only for old-ugly-fat-disgusting bastard.
Furthermore many women dropped massively with time, for instace Lucia and cath.

Second rating: Down to two stars because the downfall of the female characters is becoming worse. Now Rebecca has reached an all time low in that matter. The game needs these type of things or "fetishes" to be optional or at least let the women be optional, if they already did such things in the past.

The animations and models are top notch; easily the best out of most (if not all games). The story is hilarious too ( a major plus that brings people to the game again and again). The NTR is a plus, but doesn't become overbearing in the story. Fantastic job by the dev.

I'm gonna have to agree with most of the lower-rating reviews on this one. I enjoyed the game up until the broken-dick became the main focus of the game and its humor. During and after that chapter, I found myself fed up with the constant jokes, the endless teasing, and the lack of relationship progression. We'd hit a milestone for a character (i.e. handjob or blowjob) and then it would just stagnate.

I like most of the girls, but unfortunately, the game is just constantly bombarding you with jokes that derail (broken-dick) or stall progression. I'm not going to comment on the NTR aspects of the game because I'm not interested in that fetish and had it disabled.

SUMMARY
This game is full of content, but because it's served in a chapter by chapter format, it's an unbearable grindfest. You have to use the guide to play, because the dialogue is so poorly written and provides little to no context as to where you should go or what you should do next. If you don't, you'll end up skipping day after day to get to specific events just to progress.

GRAPHICS
The CGs are plentiful, but the quality is subpar until the later chapters, and even then it can be hit or miss depending on if it was a DAZ template (good) or if the author animated it themselves (meh). Models are good looking, but they look incredibly plastic due to the overwhelmingly flat environments and the Windows XP wallpaper backgrounds that decided to take a dump on the skybox. Animations have a doll-like stiffness. I think this can be seen best in the characters breasts and legs--while these are very thick characters, they look like big chunky plastic dolls. They do get better as the chapters continue, but some character models (specifically Catherine) really need to be redone in their entirety. She looks almost alien in her face and robotic in her joints. You can see the improvement in newer character models in the later chapters, and when the new characters are put side by side with the older ones, it's incredibly noticeable.

WRITING
The writing in this game is bad. Truly cringeworthy, fully intact virginity incel levels of bad. There's a scene early on in the game where they poke fun at non-consent as being somewhat controversial while depicting it regularly in NTR scenes where the player has no control of the events unfolding. And in another scene later on, the mother character makes a sex game VN inside the game that is heavily uncanny valley levels of eye torture. There is an entire chapter of the game dedicated to the main character breaking his dick, and getting it to work again, and because of that writing you can thank the 200 or so CGs where you'll be staring at the MC's skinny broken pinky finger. None of it is funny.

I think people overlook how important decent writing is when making sex games. This game's writing and pacing is so poor it holds the entire game back. It's so bad in fact I'd consider it translation error.

PARTING THOUGHTS
I would suggest to the author of the game that they get an actual writer to translate the horrible writing to something somewhat cohesive in the now, so that as they continue to improve the game it can be enjoyed for what it excels at now: above par CGI.

It was a good game but now no one can remember it.

Pros:
Beautiful female characters.

Cons:

Normal renders
Character personalities
Humor that doesn't make you laugh
Boobs and butt look like sicolicone +fat grafting.
Silly horror story
Plot that doesn't intrigue

I don't normally give a 5 star review. There is always something about a game that makes me go three, maybe 4 stars. But this game is a very rare occurrence.
It has everything. Great renders. Great story. Hilarious moments.
The women all are original, not the usual same characters you see in countless games just with different names.
The NTR is actually some of the best parts. Or, let me say, trying to keep from getting the NTR is. I don't have a problem with the NTR content in games. Usually I can keep it or leave it. But with this game, I like to pick the wrong option just so I can see what happens, then go back and chose the correct one.
If I had to pick one thing to nit-pick about, I think it would be the fact that Hunter has an obscenely oversized dick. I'd rather see characters who are more correct with real people. But, as I say, that is a small problem that I can deal with easily.
Keep up the great work, and I'm anxiously awaiting the next installment!

I love NTR i.e. I love this game with it's sexy chicks who crave those big thick cocks LMAO
No seriously, it's a pretty mwell done porn gameand the NTR add more spice to it. And adding some well done and beutiful woman make it even better. For me it's a turn-off when the dev hasn't put down enough time to make the people look good and such a game should just be a text game but certainly not yhis game. Well done WWG!

The story is a mix of two things:
a>pornified landlady-based 'Friends' reboot
b>semi-serious horror plot.

It's more of a mess than a mix. The self-conceited 'Instagram comedy' of characters talking about their quotidian foibles and hijinks fell flat for me. But hey most reviewers seem to like it, so ymmv.

The 'serious horror plot', where you prevent your demonic grandpa from fucking your landladies by fucking them yourself. Basically it's role is to punish you with grandpa cuckoldry followed by redeemable game over if you make bad choices.

3dcg porno npcs tend to be quite annoying, and the ones here are above average in that regard. Everyone is a loquacious bipolar maniac about everything. It comes across as unnervingly cringey and fake. They literally act like reaction streamers. With a little bit of grounding in actual human behaviour, some of the humour might actually be funny but as it is the best I can manage is a polite smile.

The sandbox aspect is completely redundant because you're just triggering scenes by visiting rooms in the house. You have to grind by repeating events, but the game has an in-built walkthrough that tells you where and how many times. It's annoying but well within my tolerance. There's also an in-built scene replay gallery which is cool.

Renders are decent. Anims are pretty good. However the models' faces often look weird and sometimes grotesque (not talking about the plentiful ahegao, which I can take or leave). Most of the girls also have breasts, asses and hips completely out of proportion to the rest of their anatomy. It just doesn't look real, so isn't sexy. But given all the 5 star reviews, ymmv.

Some of the h-scenes are kinky/weird (not counting the landlady stuff) and that's a good thing per se, but the aforesaid drawbacks/issues prevented me from enjoying them.

In summary the game has some good things but they're misused and thus don't contribute much to fappability. 3 stars for gfx and h-scenes, -1 for everything else.

Great incest content w/ "funny" gags and ahegao faces that would make a Gobbo cry. With NTR spice that is completely optional but quality each time, I wish more games were made with this level of fun.

I really wanted to love this game. It has great renders, tags that interest me, and while the plot of the story is nothing you haven't seen before, the writing is very polished, and doesn't pull you out of the experience.

So, how does the game lose two stars?

- First, because this game is desperately crying out to be a kinetic VN. Where you do have choices, they are clearly telegraphed, and there is no freedom provided by the sandbox elements...the game holds your hand as you move through them. On the positive side, this means the sandbox isn't confusing, but it does make it feel like a completely inessential part of the game....and when you've finished all the content for the chapter except for one or two events...the whole thing just becomes a click fest. Initially I thought this might have been done to pad out the game, but the dev has created a decent amount of content, so I'm not really sure what it's all about. Re-using assets, perhaps.

- Second, while the MC isn't unlikable, they dip into the category of 'golly gee shucks' my sister wants me to take sexy photos of her! What an inconvenience! I appreciate that an MC who wants to bang all their family members right off the bat is unrealistic, but I think this VN would have been better served by having the MC lean into the competition with gramps right off the bat. This keeps most of the interactions at a surface level, and tends to let humor triumph over eroticism.

This is by no means a bad game, and the two aspects that caused me to remove stars may not be issues for many readers. If they aren't, this VN may well be right up your alley.

My recommendation is check it out and at least play the first chapter, by then you should be able to get a read on the MC and the gameplay, and know if it's for you or not.

This game should be ranked much much higher! In terms of animation and graphics, I would rank it way up there along with Being a Dik and Milfy City. The animations and renders are top-notch, specially with the hotel and Brenna scenes. There is something with the animations that indescribably sets it apart (and higher in my opinion) than BaD and Milfy City's Linda scenes.

There is a substantial amount of content as of Ch.8, and despite some amount of grind - the Brenna, and Eve scenes more than makes up for it! Hopefully with the addition of Ophelia soon!

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Summary: While not fresh or particularly creative, and definitely not a visual blowaway, I cannot help but give credit to the excellent linguism and clever humor. I feel like the dev would be doing a lot better as a comedy writer - no joke!
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Review:

• Art-style: ☆ ☆ ☆
Mostly unaltered DAZ screenshots, to the point you can sometimes see the reflection of the program's light sources in their eyes (-☆) . The proportions are exaggerated and silly, but again, it's not meant to be a serious game. The only sexual facial expression females do in the game is ahegao, which is overused and overdone. (-☆) . Still, the characters are appealing enough.

• Gameplay: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Sandbox type of VN, you're allowed to transition between house divisions without much diversity or flavor to add (-☆). Additionally, there are no other areas for you to explore, hidden collectibles or specific mechanics. (-☆). However, this also means the path is straightforward and agile, allowing you to more quickly jump to H-scenes. (+ ☆)

• Storyline: ☆
There's pretty much none (-☆). There's a pitiful attempt at tying Hunter, the NTR antagonist, to some italian secret order of sex (-☆; ???), but it comes out of nowhere and for no reason in a later chapter (-☆). All in all, you're just yet another "MC returns home and has grown so much" character (-☆).

• Grammar: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The best part about this game, there are no grammatical mistakes and the lexical skills of the writers, as well as general knowledge, suprasses that of the average person. Not everyone will appreciate the punchlines and satire to real-life themes, nor the comical exchanges mid H-scene, but to me, it worked wonders and it extrapolates the genius behind the story writers.
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Stars: 13
Parameters: 4 (Art | Gameplay | Storyline | Grammar)
Final calculus: 13/4 = 3.25 = 3

Result: 3 ☆

Man, I love the ahegao in this game.

This game (with VN elements, there are points etc, but grinding is minimal, and its holds your hand)... This game is a pretty amazing combination of over-the-top excess and clever plotting and dialogue. There are only a handful of other games like it. It's like... it's like... imagine a theatre doing an Alan Ayckbourn sex farce, but they've set it in the present day, with set design by Jeff Koons, and directed by Ron Jeremy. Does that help?

Some don't like the female body proportions, and I admit, there are scenes with the MC and his mother where you fear that he may suffer death by snoo-snoo. But apart from that, I think this game has some of the most brilliant renders you'll ever see. They're vibrant, often full of action, and vary wonderfully from subtle to over the top, so never get boring. Like when the sisters run from the table at the end of meals, with the mother and cousin sitting calmly. Or that amazing sequence at the pool where the younger sister pants the MC and he pokes the older sister in the face. The sex scenes are amazing, just exploding with "precious bodily fluids" and these amazing facial expressions. Love it.

The MC is a bit of a "golly-jee, are those my mother's titties I see?" but he's pretty good and seems to be trying to do the right thing. He's just surrounded by beautiful women who are way, way smarter than he is. There's also the grandfather, who is this kind of Emperor Palpatine figure, you think he's behind everything, but then he sorta vanishes, but then he reappears, and it's really not clear. I actually love the tension of "if I don't fuck her, that wizened old goat will," and I wish it was stronger in the story.

The story goes all over the place. They play DnD and that turns into a cosplay fantasy. And there's another bizarre interlude, sorta like Pixar meets futa? Not my thing at all. The plot is a Six Flags ride, best to just get in and let it take you. If you don't like what you see, cover your eyes.

Or maybe it's episodes. Some of these games I like to imagine are like hardcore TV sitcoms, and this is a perfect example. If you just imagine each part like an episode, then it works perfectly. People come and go. Kangaroo courts are held. There's a costume party. Grandad makes a robot. But no one changes.

Did I mention this game is very, very erotic?

Anyways, there are maybe ten or so games on this site that really show what can be achieved by combining rendering skill, creativity, and a good sense of eroticism. This is one of them. Enjoy.